young womann.

Brit.

/ˌjʌŋ ˈwʊmən/, U.S.

/ˌjəŋ ˈwʊmən/

Inflections: Plural young women.

Forms: see young adj. and woman n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: young adj., woman n.

Etymology: < young adj. + woman n. Compare young man n. With sense 2 compare earlier young lady n. 2.

a. A woman who is young; an adolescent or young adult female.Formerly sometimes with particular implications of social class (esp. implying a lower social class than young lady), and avoided or preferred accordingly. Cf. young lady n. 1a (and note there), and woman n. 7.

ΘΠ

the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]

daughterOE

maidenOE

young womanOE

mayc1175

burdc1225

maidc1275

wenchc1290

file1303

virginc1330

girla1375

damselc1380

young ladya1393

jilla1425

juvenclec1430

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domicellea1464

quean1488

trull1525

pulleta1533

Tib1533

kittyc1560

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winklota1586

frotion1587

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craft1829

meisie1838

sheila1839

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gel1857

quail1859

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bud1880

fräulein1883

sub-debutante1887

sweet-and-twenty1887

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jelly1889

queen1894

chick1899

pusher1902

bit of fluff1903

chicklet1905

twist and twirl1905

twist1906

head1913

sub-deb1916

tabby1916

mouse1917

tittie1918

chickie1919

wren1920

bim1922

nifty1923

quiff1923

wimp1923

bride1924

job1927

junior miss1927

hag1932

tab1932

sort1933

palone1934

brush1941

knitting1943

teenybopper1966

weeny-bopper1972

Valley Girl1982

OE Ælfric Gloss. (St. John's Oxf.) 301 Puella, mæden oððe geong wifmann.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 133 Þeos ȝunge wiman [c1300 Otho ȝonge mayde] iwerd hire mid childe.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 4049 Ðe ginge wimmen of ðin lond, Faiger on sigte an softe on hond.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 226 A ȝong womman, which gate myche money to her maistris.

1544 A. Cope Hist. Anniball & Scipio xlix. f. 89^v The capytayne of this company was meruailously enamored on a yong woman in the citie, whose brother was then souldiour in the host of Fabius.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxvi. 43 Such as had tasted the frutes of loue before, (we call them well experienced young women).

1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 June (1974) VIII. 312 A pretty young woman..and I did kiss her.

1720 D. Manley Power of Love vi. 317 To buy your Highness necessary Linnen, and those Indispensables that belong to young Women.

1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals i. ii You thought, miss! I don't know any business you have to think at all—thought does not become a young woman.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. vii. 103 I never saw a young woman so desperately in love in my life!

1887 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 774/2 Hannah More was still a young woman, and also remarkably young for her years.

1927 W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop ix. 282 The wife, a young woman of beautiful countenance, was stirring porridge by the fire.

1972 P. Buck China Past & Present 18 With his enjoyment he suffered agonies of self-reproach in his efforts to keep his figure slim as a young woman.

2012 N.Y. Mag. 8 Oct. 10/1 The young women who in recent years have taken to reading books written for teenagers.

b. As a form of address, esp. when expressing a reproof or warning.Sometimes with patronizing connotations.

ΘΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > as form of address

womanc1225

madamc1300

sisterc1450

niece1488

girl1562

Madonna1584

young woman1683

princess1709

Sitt1838

babe1911

modom1920

mama1979

1683 A. Marsh Confession New Married Couple i. 12 Also, young Woman, you may, through love and care, here in be assistant to your husband oftentimes.

1709 R. Steele et al. Tatler No. 121, in Lucubrations Isaac Bickerstaff (1710) II. 2/1 Since it is so, Young Woman, (said I) I will by no Means let you offend her by staying on this Message longer than is absolutely necessary.

1799 Witch, & Maid of Honour II. 32 I want to know, young woman,..if you have any acquaintance with the old woman at the White Cottage.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 185 Who are you, young woman?..and what do you do in this country, and in such company?

1864 C. M. Yonge Trial I. vi. 113 Let me tell you, young woman, it is hard on a man who has been at work all day to come home and find a dark house and nobody to speak to.

1937 W. M. Raine Bucky follows Cold Trail xxii. 233 ‘If this is a proposal—’ ‘Don't get gay with me, young woman,’ O'Sullivan advised, his face red.

1998 I. de la Bere Last Deception Palliser Wentwood vi. 145 Don't you bandy words with me, young woman.

2. Chiefly with possessive: a person's female lover or sweetheart; a girlfriend; (sometimes) spec. a fiancée. Cf. young lady n. 2, young man n. 5. Now somewhat dated or historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specifically a female sweetheart or girlfriend

lief971

ladya1393

ladyshipa1393

speciala1400

amiec1400

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sort1933

a bit (also piece) of homework1945

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queen1955

momma1964

mi'jita1970

her indoors1979

girlf1991

1822 Cambro-Briton 3 37 Merry Andrews,—persons dressed in disguise for the occasion, who, in their turn, used to take each his young woman by the hand to an adjoining apartment.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. ix. 138 ‘If you please, sir, there's my young woman come down, mayn't I speak to her?’ said another of the men.

1858 Househ. Words 27 Mar. 338/1 It was assumed that I had fallen in love, had made my offer, and had been accepted by my young woman and her family.

1943 S. Jameson Cloudless May xxxi. 193 I suppose you have a young woman. Well—choose whether you'll sleep with her or leave it to someone with more of his senses about him.

1958 A. Sillitoe Loneliness Long Distance Runner 142 I was on my perch the second night when sucky Jim brought his young woman to face his tub-thumping mother.

1996 P. O'Brian Yellow Admiral v. 129 He was writing a letter by the light of a purser's dip, writing with close concentration to his young woman.

Derivatives

ˌyoung-ˈwomanhood n. the state or fact of being a young woman; young women regarded collectively.

ΘΠ

the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun] > state or quality of being

sweet seventeen1791

young ladyhood1843

young-womanhood1852

young ladyship1856

young ladyishness1867

damselhood1880

flapperhood1905

flapperdom1907

flapperism1909

1852 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 6 Nov. 289/1 As she grew up into girlhood, and then into young-womanhood, business multiplied upon her hands.

1892 Athenæum 20 Feb. 240/3 The Girton girl [is] treated as a distinct species of young-womanhood.

1987 E. Steele in D. F. Gillespie & E. Steele J. D. Stephen 31 This attitude, which she may have feared would serve them ill in adolescence and nubile young-womanhood.

ˌyoung-ˈwomanly adj. characteristic of a young woman; like a young woman.

ΘΠ

the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [adjective]

maidenly1530

maidenlike1548

maiden1594

young-ladylike1754

sweet sixteen1826

young ladyish1832

young-womanly1836

flapperish1920

teenybop1967

1836 Times 4 May 5/6 Mrs. Fitzwarren and her infant, very natural and beautiful, and her expression towards the youth and his cat quite maternal, while that of her daughter..is kind and young-womanly.

1885 R. Buchanan Matt iii. 35 It [sc. her change of costume] made her look several years older—in fact, quite young-womanly.

1912 R. Underwood Living Legacy xii. 118 Both ornaments, which were too old for a child, gave her a more mature young-womanly air than usual.

2013 C. Pickhardt Surviving Your Child's Adolescence ix. 205 As secondary school begins, they feel more cut off from childhood and family;..more uncertain about how to define themselves in young manly and young womanly terms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	young woman
释义	young womann. Brit. /ˌjʌŋ ˈwʊmən/, U.S. /ˌjəŋ ˈwʊmən/ Inflections: Plural young women. Forms: see young adj. and woman n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: young adj., woman n. Etymology: < young adj. + woman n. Compare young man n. With sense 2 compare earlier young lady n. 2. 1. a. A woman who is young; an adolescent or young adult female.Formerly sometimes with particular implications of social class (esp. implying a lower social class than young lady), and avoided or preferred accordingly. Cf. young lady n. 1a (and note there), and woman n. 7. ΘΠ the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun] daughterOE maidenOE young womanOE mayc1175 burdc1225 maidc1275 wenchc1290 file1303 virginc1330 girla1375 damselc1380 young ladya1393 jilla1425 juvenclec1430 young person1438 domicellea1464 quean1488 trull1525 pulleta1533 Tib1533 kittyc1560 dell1567 gillian1573 nymph1584 winklota1586 frotion1587 yuffrouw1589 pigeon1592 tit1599 nannicock1600 muggle1608 gixy1611 infanta1611 dilla1627 tittiea1628 whimsy1631 ladykin1632 stammel1639 moggie1648 zitellaa1660 baggagea1668 miss1668 baby1684 burdie1718 demoiselle1720 queanie?1800 intombi1809 muchacha1811 jilt1816 titter1819 ragazza1827 gouge1828 craft1829 meisie1838 sheila1839 sixteenc1840 chica1843 femme1846 muffin1854 gel1857 quail1859 kitten1870 bud1880 fräulein1883 sub-debutante1887 sweet-and-twenty1887 flapper1888 jelly1889 queen1894 chick1899 pusher1902 bit of fluff1903 chicklet1905 twist and twirl1905 twist1906 head1913 sub-deb1916 tabby1916 mouse1917 tittie1918 chickie1919 wren1920 bim1922 nifty1923 quiff1923 wimp1923 bride1924 job1927 junior miss1927 hag1932 tab1932 sort1933 palone1934 brush1941 knitting1943 teenybopper1966 weeny-bopper1972 Valley Girl1982 OE Ælfric Gloss. (St. John's Oxf.) 301 Puella, mæden oððe geong wifmann. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 133 Þeos ȝunge wiman [c1300 Otho ȝonge mayde] iwerd hire mid childe. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 4049 Ðe ginge wimmen of ðin lond, Faiger on sigte an softe on hond. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 226 A ȝong womman, which gate myche money to her maistris. 1544 A. Cope Hist. Anniball & Scipio xlix. f. 89^v The capytayne of this company was meruailously enamored on a yong woman in the citie, whose brother was then souldiour in the host of Fabius. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxvi. 43 Such as had tasted the frutes of loue before, (we call them well experienced young women). 1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 June (1974) VIII. 312 A pretty young woman..and I did kiss her. 1720 D. Manley Power of Love vi. 317 To buy your Highness necessary Linnen, and those Indispensables that belong to young Women. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals i. ii You thought, miss! I don't know any business you have to think at all—thought does not become a young woman. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. vii. 103 I never saw a young woman so desperately in love in my life! 1887 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 774/2 Hannah More was still a young woman, and also remarkably young for her years. 1927 W. Cather Death comes for Archbishop ix. 282 The wife, a young woman of beautiful countenance, was stirring porridge by the fire. 1972 P. Buck China Past & Present 18 With his enjoyment he suffered agonies of self-reproach in his efforts to keep his figure slim as a young woman. 2012 N.Y. Mag. 8 Oct. 10/1 The young women who in recent years have taken to reading books written for teenagers. b. As a form of address, esp. when expressing a reproof or warning.Sometimes with patronizing connotations. ΘΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > as form of address womanc1225 madamc1300 sisterc1450 niece1488 girl1562 Madonna1584 young woman1683 princess1709 Sitt1838 babe1911 modom1920 mama1979 1683 A. Marsh Confession New Married Couple i. 12 Also, young Woman, you may, through love and care, here in be assistant to your husband oftentimes. 1709 R. Steele et al. Tatler No. 121, in Lucubrations Isaac Bickerstaff (1710) II. 2/1 Since it is so, Young Woman, (said I) I will by no Means let you offend her by staying on this Message longer than is absolutely necessary. 1799 Witch, & Maid of Honour II. 32 I want to know, young woman,..if you have any acquaintance with the old woman at the White Cottage. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 185 Who are you, young woman?..and what do you do in this country, and in such company? 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial I. vi. 113 Let me tell you, young woman, it is hard on a man who has been at work all day to come home and find a dark house and nobody to speak to. 1937 W. M. Raine Bucky follows Cold Trail xxii. 233 ‘If this is a proposal—’ ‘Don't get gay with me, young woman,’ O'Sullivan advised, his face red. 1998 I. de la Bere Last Deception Palliser Wentwood vi. 145 Don't you bandy words with me, young woman. 2. Chiefly with possessive: a person's female lover or sweetheart; a girlfriend; (sometimes) spec. a fiancée. Cf. young lady n. 2, young man n. 5. Now somewhat dated or historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specifically a female sweetheart or girlfriend lief971 ladya1393 ladyshipa1393 speciala1400 amiec1400 womanc1400 amoreta1425 mistressc1425 paramoura1450 fair ladya1470 girl?a1513 sooterkin1530 Tib1533 she1547 lady-love1568 jug1569 young lady1584 pigeon1592 love-lass1594 lass1596 dowsabel1612 swainling1615 lucky1629 Dulcinea1638 Lindabrides1640 inamorata1651 baby1684 best girl1691 lady friend1733 young woman1822 moll1823 querida1834 sheila1839 bint1855 tart1864 babykins1870 Dona1874 novia1874 fancy-girl1892 girlfriend1892 cliner1895 tootsy1895 dinah1898 best1904 twist and twirl1905 jane1906 kitten1908 patootie1918 meisie1919 bride1924 gf1925 jelly1931 sort1933 a bit (also piece) of homework1945 beast1946 queen1955 momma1964 mi'jita1970 her indoors1979 girlf1991 1822 Cambro-Briton 3 37 Merry Andrews,—persons dressed in disguise for the occasion, who, in their turn, used to take each his young woman by the hand to an adjoining apartment. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. ix. 138 ‘If you please, sir, there's my young woman come down, mayn't I speak to her?’ said another of the men. 1858 Househ. Words 27 Mar. 338/1 It was assumed that I had fallen in love, had made my offer, and had been accepted by my young woman and her family. 1943 S. Jameson Cloudless May xxxi. 193 I suppose you have a young woman. Well—choose whether you'll sleep with her or leave it to someone with more of his senses about him. 1958 A. Sillitoe Loneliness Long Distance Runner 142 I was on my perch the second night when sucky Jim brought his young woman to face his tub-thumping mother. 1996 P. O'Brian Yellow Admiral v. 129 He was writing a letter by the light of a purser's dip, writing with close concentration to his young woman. Derivatives ˌyoung-ˈwomanhood n. the state or fact of being a young woman; young women regarded collectively. ΘΠ the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun] > state or quality of being sweet seventeen1791 young ladyhood1843 young-womanhood1852 young ladyship1856 young ladyishness1867 damselhood1880 flapperhood1905 flapperdom1907 flapperism1909 1852 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 6 Nov. 289/1 As she grew up into girlhood, and then into young-womanhood, business multiplied upon her hands. 1892 Athenæum 20 Feb. 240/3 The Girton girl [is] treated as a distinct species of young-womanhood. 1987 E. Steele in D. F. Gillespie & E. Steele J. D. Stephen 31 This attitude, which she may have feared would serve them ill in adolescence and nubile young-womanhood. ˌyoung-ˈwomanly adj. characteristic of a young woman; like a young woman. ΘΠ the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [adjective] maidenly1530 maidenlike1548 maiden1594 young-ladylike1754 sweet sixteen1826 young ladyish1832 young-womanly1836 flapperish1920 teenybop1967 1836 Times 4 May 5/6 Mrs. Fitzwarren and her infant, very natural and beautiful, and her expression towards the youth and his cat quite maternal, while that of her daughter..is kind and young-womanly. 1885 R. Buchanan Matt iii. 35 It [sc. her change of costume] made her look several years older—in fact, quite young-womanly. 1912 R. Underwood Living Legacy xii. 118 Both ornaments, which were too old for a child, gave her a more mature young-womanly air than usual. 2013 C. Pickhardt Surviving Your Child's Adolescence ix. 205 As secondary school begins, they feel more cut off from childhood and family;..more uncertain about how to define themselves in young manly and young womanly terms. 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